Quick Definition
commander of the Roman emperor?s body-guard
Strong's Definition
a ruler of an army, i.e. (specially), a Prætorian præfect
Derivation: from G4760 (στρατόπεδον) and G757 (ἄρχω);
KJV Usage: captain of the guard
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στρατοπεδάρχης, στρατοπεδαρχου, ὁ (στρατόπεδον and ἄρχω) (cf. Buttmann, 73 (64));
a. the commander of a camp and army, a military tribune: Dionysius Halicarnassus 10, 36; Lucian, hist. conscr. 22; (Josephus, b. j. 2, 19, 4).
b. Praetorian prefect, commander of the praetorian cohorts, i. e. captain of the Roman emperor's bodyguard: Act_28:16 (L T Tr WH omit the clause, see Abbot in B. D., American edition, under the word, Captain of the Guard). There were two praetorian prefects, to whose custody prisoners sent bound to the emperor were consigned: Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 6; Pliny, epistles 10, 65 (57). (See B. D. American edition as above; Lightfoot on Philippi, p. 7f.)
STRONGS NT 4759a: στρατοπεδαρχος [στρατοπεδαρχος, στρατοπεδαρχου, ὁ: see the preceding word. The dative στρατοπεδάρχῳ is the reading of some manuscripts (cf. WH rejected marginal reading) in Act_28:16; cf. ἑκατοντάρχης, at the beginning]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
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Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† στρατοπέδ -αρχος
( Rec. -ης ), -ου , ὁ
( < στρατόπεδον , ἄρχω ), a military commander, esp . the Pretorian prefect: Act_28:16 ( WH , om .).†
στρατοπεδάρχης , see στρατοπέδαρχος .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στρατοπεδάρχης [page 593]
Mommsen ( Sitzungsb. d. preussischen Akademie , 1895, No. XXVII) argues that this word, which occurs in the TR of Act_28:16 , means there princeps peregrinorum , but in P Lond 196 .5 ( c. A.D. 138 161) (= II. p. 153) the editor prefers to understand the title as = princeps castrorum , and compares Mommsen l.c. p. 498. See his note ad l. from which the foregoing is derived.
We may add references to Vett. Val. p. 76 .13 ποιοῦσι στρατοπεδάρχας ναυτικῶν τε καὶ πεζικῶν ἄρχοντας , and to OGIS 605 .3 (v/A.D.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
στρατοπεδάρχης στρα^τοπεδ-άρχης, ου, ὁ, "a military commander", Lat. tribunus legionis, Luc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
στρατοπέδ-αρχος (Rec. -ης), -ου, ὁ
(στρατόπεδον, ἄρχω), a military commander, esp. the Pretorian prefect: Act.28:16 (WH, om.).†
στρατοπεδάρχης, see: στρατοπέδαρχος
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